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Baja California rattlesnake

Crotalus enyo

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

咬伤吃：肉

The Baja California rattlesnake is a pit viper that lives on the coast and islands of north-western Mexico. Like all pit vipers, it is venomous, so it should be given plenty of space. It is often found near people, especially around rubbish piles.1

生活在

North-western Mexico: the Baja California Peninsula, Gulf of California islands and San Margarita island off the Pacific coast1

北美洲

首页

It prefers desert, though in the north-west of its range it lives in chaparral, and in the Cape region it lives in pine-oak and tropical deciduous forest. It is often found in rocky areas with arid thorn scrub and cacti, and sometimes on sand dunes, and it is often attracted to human habitation, where it has been found in piles of refuse.1

长度

90 cm (2.9 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.5 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats small rodents, lizards and centipedes. Small snakes eat lizards more often than large ones, while large snakes eat mammals more often. Adults also prey on large centipedes of the genus Scolopendra.1

Baja California rattlesnake的照片 — Baja California rattlesnake。照片：Blueag9。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Head is remarkably small and narrow1
Eyes are proportionately large for the head1
Males are typically larger than females1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

如果它咬人

让人保持安静不动，被咬的肢体与心脏保持同一高度，摘下戒指和紧身物品，尽快送医院。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 5 根香蕉首尾相接一样长100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Baja California rattlesnake和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Baja California rattlesnake 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Adults hunt large centipedes of the genus Scolopendra, which is unusual for a rattlesnake.1

Young snakes eat more lizards than large snakes do, which eat mammals more often.1

Newborn snakes measure between 20.6 and 22.2 cm long.1

给毒液专家

学名: Crotalus enyo
类别: 响尾蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young, and captive females have produced litters of two to seven young.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, v3.1, 2001)1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3